Fannie Lou Hamer seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.

Fannie Lou Hamer seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.

Date:

1967 Apr. 10

Description:

The hearings were conducted by Senators Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph S. Clark, George Murphy, and Jacob Javits. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article ("Senators Told of Poverty" by Patricia James) and photo spread ("U.S. Senators Meet the People") that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for April 15-16, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No16_1967_04_15.pdf